Evilswarm Support - (REAL SWARM)

[BatMed]

 

 

Main Deck Monsters

[spoiler=Evilswarm Kirin]

 

Set: [ASOD-EN004] Included in Ascension of the Duelist - Booster Pack
Name: Evilswarm Kirin
Level: ✪ 4
DARK | Beast / Effect

 Effect:
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 Level 4 or lower "lswarm" monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon that target, and if you do, you can Tribute Summon 1 "lswarm" monster in addition to your Normal Summon this turn. If this card is sent to the Graveyard: You can add 1 “lswarm” monster from your Deck to your hand, except “Evilswarm Kirin”. You can only use 1 “Evilswarm Kirin” effect per turn, and only once that turn.

 Trivia:
- This is the corrupted "lswarm" counterpart of "Fire King Avatar Kirin".

 

 

[spoiler=Evilswarm Cockatrice]

 

Set: [ASOD-EN005] Included in Ascension of the Duelist - Booster Pack
Name: Evilswarm Cockatrice
Level: ✪ 4
DARK | Fiend / Effect

 Effect:
When this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can send 1 "lswarm" monster from your hand or Deck to the Graveyard, and if you do, all "lswarm" monsters you control gain 100 ATK for each "lswarm" monster currently in your Graveyard, until the end of this turn. You can discard 1 ”lswarm” monster, except “Evilswarm Cockatrice”; Special Summon this card from your Graveyard, but banish it when it leaves the field. You can only use 1 "Evilswarm Kirin" effect per turn, and only once that turn. 

 Trivia:
- This is the corrupted "lswarm" counterpart of "Hazy Flame Basiltrice".

 

 

 

[spoiler=Evilswarm Amphibian]

 

Set: [ASOD-EN006] Included in Ascension of the Duelist - Booster Pack
Name: Evilswarm Amphibian
Level: ✪ 4
DARK | Beast / Effect

 Effect:
When this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can Set 1 "Infestation" Spell/Trap Card directly from your Deck, but it cannot be activated this turn. When a “lswarm” monster is Normal Summoned: You can banish this card from your Graveyard; Special Summon 1 Level 4 “lswarm” monster from your Deck, except “Evilswarm Amphibian”. You can only use each effect of “Evilswarm Amphibian” once per turn.

 Trivia:
- This is the corrupted "lswarm" counterpart of "Gishki Beast".

 

 

 

a Spell!

[spoiler=Legendary Infestation]

 

Set: [ASOD-EN075] Included in Ascension of the Duelist - Booster Pack
Name: Legendary Infestation
SPELL | Quick-Play

 Effect:
Target 1 "lswarm" monster in your Graveyard; add that target to your hand. During either player's turn: You can banish this card from your Graveyard and shuffle 1 "lswarm" monster from your Graveyard or face-up from your side of the field into the Deck; add 1 of your banished “lswarm” monsters to your hand. You can only activate 1 "Legendary Infestation" per turn.

 

 Trivia:
- "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" and the Symbol of "lswarm" appear in this card's artwork.
- This card shows the transformation of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon"  to "Corrupted-Eyes Evilswarm Dragon".

 

 

 

Big Boss

[spoiler=Corrupted-Eyes Evilswarm Dragon]

 

Set: [ASOD-EN053] Included in Ascension of the Duelist - Booster Pack
Name: Corrupted-Eyes Evilswarm Dragon
Rank: ✪ 4
DARK | Dragon / Xyz / Effect

 Effect:
3 Level 4 "lswarm" monsters
While this card has a "lswarm" monster as Xyz Material, monsters cannot be Special Summoned from the hand, except “lswarm” monsters. Once per turn: You can detach 1 Xyz Material from this card: Target 1 “lswarm” monster in your hand or Graveyard; Special Summon that target. Once per turn, during either player's turn, when a Spell/Trap Card or another monster effect is activated: You can Tribute 1 "lswarm" monster you control; negate the activation. You can only control 1 face-up "Corrupted-Eyes Evilswarm Dragon".

 Trivia:
- This is the corrupted "lswarm" counterpart of "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

 

 

 

Decklist

[spoiler=Decklist]

 

[BatMed]

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[The Highlander]

Kirin is almost a better kerykeion, however I do not really have any problems with that (especially considering it special summons instead of normal summoning), its float effect is cute, however further supports the first problem, though the archtype does deserve this kind of support, so that they would not rely on floodgates to be able to last a few turns.

 

Cocatrice is pretty much a combo extender, however considering if one mills Kirin to search one has to give up on using kirin to gather more monsters, so if one would want to gain "direct" value out of it one would have to play steelswarm, which supports the general theme of the "lswarm" monsters, the revival is alright as well and can generate additional xyz materials, however unlike trick clown has to give up on value to do so.

 

Amphibian however ... I am not sure if it is not a bit too much, considering it further strenghtens kery and kirin beyond what they were before, on top of an e-tele support, so you might add another condition, so only one of the effects can be activated per turn.

 

Infestation allows "lswarm" to maintain advantage, something they usually do struggle with, however it uses potential kirin and kery targets, so it is not speeding the deck up, meaning it helps with regeneration, which by default is something every deck should have.

 

Corrupted Eyes directly shuts down Kozmo and Pendulum decks, however ophion already does something similar and even extended to synchros and fusions as well, so in consideration of it being a 3-mat instead of a 2-mat, meaning it is more unpleasant to summon (even if evilswarm can summon 5 xyz materials with the new support they require time to do the setup for that, meaning stunning the opponent before he starts the game is far more unlikely than it was with ophion, which removes that unhealthy problem), on top of that its revival effect is alright, as for its negation effect ... it is similar to treatoad and even if it does not remove the negated card, omni-negators are inherently unhealthy and the monster is good enough, considering it has an oppressive effect and a revival effect, on top of respectable stats, so I suggest you give it a second thought.

 

 All in all (even with Corrupted Eyes) well designed support that grants "lswarm" the support they deserve.